Experts trace the increase in diagnoses â€” which led to a boom in demand for gluten-free products â€” to the 2003 release of a landmark study by the University of Maryland Center for Celiac Research. It estimated nearly one in every 133 Americans, or about 2.3 million people, has the genetic disorder, although most are undiagnosed. The study helped spread awareness of the disease, according to Alessio Fasano, medical director at the center.

U.S. sales of gluten-free food, roughly $700 million in 2006, are rising 15 percent to 25 percent a year, according to research firms Mintel International and Information Resources Inc. Manufacturers expect sales to remain strong because celiac sufferers don’t outgrow the disease. . .

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Rodil San MateoJanuary 6, 2009

5 1/3 rounds with the today’s DCF WOD. Subbed with ring holds and 44 lbs KB swings. I’m starting to feel comfortable with the full range of motion on KB swings (hands overhead instead of just to forehead height)

Will B. OneWorldJanuary 6, 2009

Hey Diablo CF’ers. Your new place looks pretty humble. Hope you can move to an even bigger, nicer spot with a little room down the road. you know, something you can e proud of…..

Hope I can come down and get schooled again by you folks sometime soon. You guys & gals seem to have best folks around.